The Fast Diet helping with Chronic Pain?

The Fast Diet. This is a very common diet which people are on at the moment to get their summer bodies. However, a particular person who has been on The Fast Diet for the past couple weeks has even found that it is helping with pain relief. Cherylee Houston, who has a form of the rare painful tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and has to use a wheelchair, has recently been feeling less pain due to this diet.

Read more at: http://thefastdiet.co.uk/the-fast-diet-corrie-and-chronic-pain/

Foods that can help beat depression

One reason that could cause depression is poor nutrition, meaning a slight change in your diet could help and stop depression. Here are 5 foods for beating depression:

• Fish Oils
• Brown Rice
• Brewer's Yeast
• Whole grain oats and
• Cabbage

http://www.naturalnews.com/020611_depression_nutrition.html

Mental Health Issues

Mental health problems such as: depression and anxiety are very common. But many people don't actually know what they are and why people suffer. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_(mood)) Depression is a state of low mood that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and sense of well being. People who suffer with depression may feel sad, empty, hopeless, worried, helpless, guilty, hurt and restless. They may lose interest in activities that once they really enjoyed, experience loss of appetite or overeating, concentration problems, difficulty making decisions and may contemplate or attempt suicide. Insomnia, loss of energy and aches and pains are also very common when suffering with depression.

If you think you're suffering from any of these symptoms or feel as though you may be suffering from depression there are many ways to get help. Here is a website with lots of details about how to deal with mental health issues. http://www.makesachange.org.uk/submenu/isle-of-wight/how-to/deal-with-mental-health-issues.aspx

Mental Well Being

Being healthy isn't just about dieting and exercising to make yourself feel better, it is also your mental well being. Mental health is very important and there are some very common mental illnesses such as: depression and anxiety. But here are five steps to having a positive mental well being:

• Connect; with people around you such as family and friends.
• Be active
• Keep learning; learn new skills for sense of achievement and new confidence
• Give to others and 
• Take notice; be more aware of the present moment

This NHS page gives more detail on how to keep a positive mental well being and also has links to pages about mental health illnesses and how to deal with them: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/Pages/improve-mental-wellbeing.aspx

NHS - Food Allergy

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/food-allergy/Pages/Intro1.aspx
This is a more professional approach to what food allergies are, what the common symptoms are, what causes them, treatment and who is affected.

The most common causes of food allergies are: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish. Food allergies are caused when the immune system mistakenly treats proteins found in food as a threat to the body, when in fact they should be harmless. When it comes to treating food allergies there actually aren't any treatments which can fully cure it. However, finding out what food is causing the allergic reaction and avoiding it in the future is the most obvious and common treatment. Although there are medications to take which can calm down the symptoms, so for further information just visit the link above.

Food Allergies

Food allergies are very common within people and can be one of the reasons  you think you can't have a healthy diet/ lifestyle as there are certain foods you can't eat. However, this isn't true as there are many alternatives. For example; if you have a nut allergy there are certain foods that can be eaten as alternatives. Visit this site to find out more --- Battle your nut allergy with 6 healthy alternatives

A rash. A common symptom of an allergy.

But. What are food allergies?
"A food allergy is an adverse immune response to a food protein"
Further information on what it really is, signs, symptoms and how it can be prevented and treated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_allergy
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What Does Acupuncture Treat?

Acupuncture is known to help manage or even cure certain conditions and diseases and is good for a person's well being. Here is a list of what acupuncture can actually treat and help with:

Women's Health:

• Menstrual Irregularities
•  Menopause
• Conception Difficulties
• Pregnancy
• Childbirth
• Lactation Difficulties
• Postpartum
• Ovarian and 
• Uterine Problems.

Men's Health

• Prostate
• Infertility and 
• Impotence

Other Conditions

• Asthma
• Cough
• Digestive Problems
• Behavioural Problems
• Ear Infections
• Sleep Problems
• Stress Management
• Wellness
• Seasonal Attunement

For further information visit:
http://www.acupuncturepei.com/what-does-acupuncture-treat.html

New research says it really does work. So what IS the truth about acupuncture?

Daily Mail - Acupuncture

There are many different opinions about acupuncture and whether it actually works. But now research has shown that it really does work, however, this doesn't stop critics from disagreeing. It has been proven to work on real life patients such as one named: Sally Wright. The Daily Mail article above explains further how it worked for Sally and why critics still do not believe it does.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is another way to improve your well being and make you feel healthier. What is acupuncture? "Acupuncture is a collection of procedures involving penetration of the skin with needles to stimulate certain points on the body".


For a further definition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupuncture

Guide on how to do Yoga for beginners

Here is a step by step guide showing beginners how to do yoga:
http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Yoga-for-Absolute-Beginners

Why do Yoga?

So, yoga, why do it? Well..

• It improves muscle tone and flexibility,
• Reduces stress and tension
• Boosts self esteem
• Improves concentration
• Lowers fat
• Improves circulation
• Stimulates the immune system and
• Creates sense of well being.

All great reasons why you should take up Yoga! But as well as all those benefits of doing yoga it can even help manage of control things such as: anxiety, back pain, chronic fatigue, depression, headaches, stress and other conditions and diseases. 

Want to read up more about this? http://yogasite.com/why.htm

Yoga

What is Yoga?

When it comes to wanting a healthy lifestyle there are many things you can do to maintain a healthy lifestyle. People tend to think to be healthy all you have to do is make sure what you're eating is healthy, however, there are other ways to make yourself even more healthier. Yoga.

"Yoga is a commonly known generic term for the physical, mental and spiritual practices or disciplines". Participating in yoga also helps for a healthy living. Not only does it make you look better physically is also helps mentally. Making you all round healthier.

For more information on this click the link above (What is Yoga?) where you will be taken to a Wikipedia page explaining in depth what yoga is and how it helps.

Healthy Diet Recipes, Menus and Tips

Healthy Diet Recipes, Menus and Tips

Needing tips and recipes for how to keep a healthy diet? Well click the link above where there are many different healthy recipe ideas to use when cooking. All the same tasty food you like to eat but made healthy. 

Getting the balance right

This image shows the right portion amount of each type of food on average we should be eating. As we can see the main food categories are fruit and vegetables and breads, other cereals and potatoes. Where as foods containing fat and sugary drinks only take up a small percentage.

In order to maintain and have a healthy diet getting the balance right is very important. But it does not mean you have to cut out all the tasty treats, although, eating less will mean a healthier diet.

Dieting

What is Dieting?

"Dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated fashion to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight." On the link above there is a further in depth definition of what dieting actually is from Wikipedia.

Healthy Eating

Healthy eating: Is this the ultimate healthy meal?

When it comes to healthy eating not many people tend to know what we actually can and can't eat, and how much of certain foods we can eat without it becoming classed as unhealthy. On this BBC Science webpage they explain the types of food that should be eating within a healthy diet, and how much of it you should eat in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.